Well I think Russian products are top of line
Space program
Missile Tech
SAM systems
Helicopter program
Fighter Jets
Destroyers and Frigates
Submarines
Just need to expand the market a bit Pakistan needs Heclicopters and Fighter Jets and Ships
Any of those things benefits the people ? None of them.
The main goal of any technology is to make people's lives easier, more bearable, and more enjoyable. You praise weapons because you are essentially immature about understanding technology and their applications.
What is it that the microwave oven
COULD NOT have come from the Soviet Union or any other communist country ?
Note I said 'could not'. To say 'could not' implies there is an impenetrable barrier and that barrier is -- communism.
- Were the principles of microwave radiation and behaviors unknown in Russia ?
- Was metallurgy unknown ?
- Was materials science unknown ?
- Was electronics unknown ?
Russians made satellites, aircrafts, ships, and tanks, so that means they know
ALL of the items above. But then why
COULD NOT the microwave oven came from Russia ?
Because the microwave oven is a consumer device that make lives more convenient, even if just a little. Whoever wants to make people's lives more convenient naturally want to be compensated for it -- capitalism.
Take the irrational consumer desire to see their food inside the oven, for example. Why do you want ( not need ) to see your food cooking inside the microwave oven ? But the capitalist's job is not to question why the people want something. His job is to provide the solution(s) for what the consumers want.
Microwave radiation could penetrate glass, so an all glass solution is not practical. So what is the solution to that irrationality and ended up making the capitalist a lot of money ?
Do you see the mesh screen inside the glass door ? The holes are smaller than the operating freq so no signals could escape.
You think am making this up ?
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Waves/mwoven.html
The wavelength of the microwaves is about 120 times the size of the holes, and can't "see" the holes to get out.
Communism stifles imagination, which in turn suppresses innovation, except for the few cases where creators are allowed to intellectually flourish and their efforts rewarded. Where were those exceptions ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_city
Soviet creators were awarded only if their creations were for military usages. It is not that none of them can figure out how to make the microwave oven door transparent and still contain microwave radiation. But the Soviet political and economic system would not allowed Russians to exercise their intellect other than where the government directed them.
So stop blaming allegedly 'theft' by the West. Whatever the West produces, the Soviets could acquire them and reproduce. In other words, stole them from us. But then, why should you steal the microwave oven when you know that you cannot make any money with it -- as in mass production -- back home ? The result is that Soviet/Russian lives are far less convenient than Western peoples. When I played tourist in East Germany when it existed, and yes I am that old, my Levi jean would attract attention from both men and women. Men wanted to buy it to impress women, and women want me because they know I have more money than most East German men. The political and economic system suppresses creativity and discourages rewards to the point that you cannot produce desirable clothing, and you want to blame the West for 'stealing' your ideas ?
Give us a break...
